Iwander

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1. How to use epi pen?

   Iwander posted a topic in Medications

   This is a rather dumb question. But, for you school or pediatric office nurses, if you have to use an epi pen on a patient, I have a few questions: Do you go straight through their clothes like you would educate in a nonclinical setting, or do ...

2. Ever have new nurse feelings after several years experience?

   Iwander posted a topic in Stress 101

   I have 3 years experience under my belt as a med-surg nurse, mainly post-surgical. I am actually quite "sheltered" on my unit as we mainly deal with surgically stable patients and not the "medical" part of nursing, such as starting IV's, infections a...

3. Self-appraisals at work causing anxiety

   Iwander posted a topic in Stress 101

   I am feeling a good bit of low self-esteem and insecurity at the moment, and not really feeling I deserve to be on this site anymore. I'm having acute anxiety so my emotions are more in control than I would like. I have to fill out comments and com...

4. How do I keep integrity

   Iwander replied to Iwander's topic in Safety

   Thank you so much everyone. I did not hand her the medications; she took them herself. I still agree with the poster who commented on purposefully doing something substandard and that this needs to not happen again in my practice. Thank you everyo...

5. How do I keep integrity

   Iwander posted a topic in Safety

   I am still a new nurse and yet I am already falling prey to being burnt out quickly with patients, being tempted to take shortcuts, and actually questioning my own character. Today I had a patient that exhausted me and when she had discharge orders ...

6. The infamous time management post

   Iwander replied to Iwander's topic in Med-Surg

   Thanks for the encouragement!

7. The infamous time management post

   Iwander replied to Iwander's topic in Med-Surg

   Thanks! And the other day, there were 3 nurses and we each got 4 new patients. Not at once. But in that instance I don't really have the resources to ask them for help much as they are running around busy also. Thanks for your post!

8. The infamous time management post

   Iwander posted a topic in Med-Surg

   For those of you who don't have too tired eyes, and who can manage some wordiness, here is my time management vent for the day: Well, I've been reading some of the time management threads on here and realizing I'm in the same boat as others. I've be...

9. new grad prioritization/time management

   Iwander replied to Iwander's topic in Orthopaedic

   Thank you, this is very helpful. As far as prioritization, I didn't think to do the easy patients first, I actually thought I should visit the complex ones first but as long as they're ok, I see how I should document and give meds to the "easy" ones...

10. new grad prioritization/time management

    Iwander posted a topic in Orthopaedic

    Hello all seasoned nurses, I am a new grad on a med-surg unit in orientation. I find that my two main struggles besides honing my skills are, as always, prioritization and time management. A lot of new grads will stay an hour or so past their shift...

11. About to accept new job

    Iwander replied to Iwander's topic in Career Support

    Thank you! I took anxiety medicine in the past during nursing school and I didn't take it often enough. At the end of nursing school I abused the trust of my prescriber due to depression so now I feel I won't be able to actually be prescribed anythin...

12. About to accept new job

    Iwander posted a topic in Career Support

    Hey everyone! If you read any of my previous posts, you know that I'm a new grad who lost my first job (ICU) after only making it through orientation. I have now been offered a med-surg job at a different hospital on an ortho floor. It will be very...

13. How to answer why I left first job so early :(

    Iwander replied to Iwander's topic in Career Support

    Thank you to both of you for your refreshing posts. You're right; I lack confidence and am needy. I had an interview for a med-surg job and the interview itself went well; however if I am offered the job I am unsure I should take it based on what y...

14. How to answer why I left first job so early :(

    Iwander posted a topic in Career Support

    I'm a new grad who has a (short) 3 months of experience in an ICU setting. However, they let me go at the end of orientation. I had a couple interviews at the same hospital which failed, and I think it was partly because of poor wording on my part ...

15. Duplicate skills list in resume

    Iwander posted a topic in Career Support

    Hi everyone, I have been revising my resume lately as I am looking for a new job. I am still a new grad with only a few months of clinical experience. I did my preceptorship on the same unit as my clinical experience where I was hired, so the bulle...